σίττη

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ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low

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Transliteration A: síttē Transliteration B: sittē Transliteration C: sitti Beta Code: si/tth

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A nuthatch, Sitta europaea, Arist.HA609b11, 616b22, Call. Fr.173, Sch.Ar.Av.705; αἰσίῳ σίττῃ Call.Iamb.1.121, cf. Lyr.Adesp. 27: also σίττος, ὁ, variously identified, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 886] ἡ, eine Art Specht od. Baumkletterer, lat. sitta; Arist. H. A. 9, 16; Callim. frg. 173.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σίττη: ἡ, πτηνόν τι, Sitta Europaea, (Ἱππῶναξ) παρὰ τῷ Σχολ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 704, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 1, 21., 9. 17, 1, Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 173˙ - ὁ Ἡσύχ. ὡσαύτως ἔχει σίττος, ὁ, εἶδος γλαυκὸς ἢ ἱέρακος.

Greek Monolingual

η, ΝΑ
το πτηνό σίττα (II).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. προέρχεται από ονοματοποιία].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σίττη: ἡ поползень (птица) Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: kind of woodpecker or nuthatch (Arist., Call. a.o.).
Other forms: dial. also ἵττα, ἵπτα (H.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No doubt onomatop., s. Thompson Birds s. v. with important details. -- Furnée 325 connects βίττακος, ψίττακος.

Frisk Etymology German

σίττη: {síttē}
Forms: dial. auch ἵττα, ἵπτα (H.).
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Art Specht oder Baumkletterer (Arist., Kall. u.a.);
Etymology : Ohne Zweifel lautnachahmend, s. Thompson Birds s. v. mit wichtigen Einzelheiten.
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